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Ken Farnes

Kenneth Farnes

Born: 8 July 1911, Leytonstone, Essex
Died: 20 October 1941, Chipping-Warden, Oxfordshire
Major Teams: Essex, Cambridge University, England.
Known As: Ken Farnes
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast


Test Debut: England v Australia at Nottingham, 1st Test, 1934
Last Test:
England v South Africa at Durban, 5th Test, 1938/39

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1939

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   15   17   5    58   20    4.83   0   0    1   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              3932  103  1719   60  28.65  6-96    3   1  65.5  2.62

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1930 - 1939)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  168  201  59  1182   97*   8.32   0   2   84   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             28391 14804  690  21.45  8-38   44   8  41.1  3.12

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Kenneth Farnes inherited the title of the fastest bowler in England from Larwood. Tall (6'5"), he bowled from 11 paces, with a superb high delivery, generating disturbing pace and lift. His bowling in the 1936 Gentleman v Players match was described as the fastest seen at Lord's since Kortright (he had a point to prove after being over-looked in the selection of the Test team). He took 5 wickets in each innings of his first Test, and performed well on tour in Australia, enjoying the pace and bounce of antipodean wickets. In 1938 he narrowly missed a Test hat-trick at Lord's, when after he had dismissed O'Reilly and McCormick, Compton dropped Fleetwood-Smith at slip off the third ball. He was not much of a bat, but played some memorable innings, including a classy 53 for the Gentlemen, and to his amusement, a career best for Essex of 97*. Only 28 when the Second World War started, he left his school-master's job at Worksop College to join the RAF as a pilot. He was killed when his plane went down two years later (Dave Liverman, 1998).

* Last Updated: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 07:31:39 GMT


 
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